abud en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈbʌd/
Etymology
From a- + bud.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) budding
[…] he began to whistle merrily, and in an instant the whole world about him was bright of hue and joyous again, and looking, he saw, to his amazement, that the bare branches were abud.
1923, Julie M. Lippmann, Dreamland: